diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1bea57c..69521a4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-DGDIR=.
+DGDIR=. # overwriting this ensures that we can build without full PVE installed
 ASCIIDOC_PVE=./asciidoc-pve
 
 GEN_PACKAGE=pve-doc-generator
diff --git a/pve-doc-generator.mk.in b/pve-doc-generator.mk.in
index d586abf..5a4a104 100644
--- a/pve-doc-generator.mk.in
+++ b/pve-doc-generator.mk.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # also update debian/changelog
-DOCRELEASE=6.0
+DOCRELEASE=6.0 # FIXME: depend on dpkg-dev and use $(DEB_VERSION_UPSTREAM) here?
 
 DGDIR?=/usr/share/pve-doc-generator